[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: [CoCo] Atari and Amiga comparison

[L. Curtis Boyle]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:05:45 -0600, <RJRTTY at aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 3/14/07 4:15:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jdiffendaffer at yahoo.com writes:
>
>
>> Still, Motorola
>> bailed on the 6809 and without at least an 8Mhz  version I'm not sure
>> the machine could have gone any further  anyway.
> Ain't that the truth.   An 8 mhz 6809 would have been a heart  attack.
> But I think a CoCo4 or cOcO4 or coco4 or COCO4 however you
> want to spell it would have used a 68000 like the MM/1 and the
> other unofficial coco successors.

And remember, Chris Burke _did_ have one ready (the Rocket), a 68008  
upgrade board, but he couldn't get enough orders to warrant the cost.